Ovando hurijbut



` UNITED sTATEs PATENT oEEioE.

OVANDO HURLBUT, OF BUFFALO, NEW YORK.

TRUSS-PAD.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 4,685, dated August 8, 1846; Antedated June 21, 1846.

T0 all whom t may concern Be it known that I, OvANDo HURLBUT, of Buffalo, in the county of Erie and State of New York, have invented a Cure for Hernia or Rupture, which I denominate the O'ppilative Remedy, and that the following is a full, clear, and exact description'of the principle or character which distinguishes it from all other things before known and of the manner of making, constructing, and using t-he same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making part of this specification, in which.-l

Figures 1 and 2 show the form I give to the composition. Nos. l, 2, 3 and 4 of both figures show the different sizes, (A) being the plan and (B) the elevation of the composition from the leather (CZ) on which it is placed; (Aa) is a plaster to be applied after the rupture is closed to perfect the cure.

The nature of my invention consists in constructing an oppilative composition in the shape of a truss pad to apply to ruptures which composition gradually heals the parts and continues to flatten down by the heat of the body as the cure proceeds.

My remedy is composed of the following ingredients. Take the bark of the root of common hemlock (Pinus Oandewsz's). 2. The inner bark of white oak, (Quercus alba). 3. Common brake root, (Ptem's agui- Zz'na). 4. The bark of green osier; all of equal quantities and pounded linely in its green state, then mixed and put into an iron kettle, pour rain water on it, till the powder is covered, then raise the temperature to 180 degrees Fahrenheit, and keep it constantly near the said degree of heat forthree days; after this, throw the mass into a filter bag, and let the fluid run olf, keep the fluid, and put the drained mass again into the kettle, pour water on it as before, and repeat the process till the maceration is completed. The fluids so obtained are mixed together and the mass of the powder, thrown away as useless. The said fluid is put into the kettle, the heat again raised to 180D F. and kept so till it is evaporated to the thickness of syrup; in this state it is poured into tin pans and `exposed to the action of the sun, or the moderate warmth of an oven, and continued at such a degree of heat till it attains the consistency of pitch, and it is then lit for use.

To perform a cure I first commence with the plaster or composition of the largest size, (or No. 1 in the drawings) which has to be kept upon the rupture for three days 1n succession without any alteration; after three days No. l is removed, the rupture greased with the oil (hereafter described),

and the oppilatio remedy, No. 2, or the next to the largest plaster is applied as before on the rupture; after three days No. 2 is removed, the rupture greased with the said oil and No. 3 put on after three days more in the same manner as before mentioned. No. 4 the smaller of the oppilatio remedies is applied which also has to remain three days, after which it is removed, the rupture greased with the oil as before, and the large iat oppilatio remedy or plaster (A01) 1s put over the rupture, so that the center of the plaster may be as near as possible on the center of therupture, and be properly secured by bandages; it must remain over the rupture, till it will stick no more to the body or skin, which probably will be in three days, when it may be considered that the cure is completed.

To prepare the said remedy for use, the f remedy or compound has to be warmed till it becomes sufliciently pliable to work, and it is to be put on said oval leather in an elevated mass and shape (as represented in the drawings) so that it shall penetrate the aperture of the rupture, and by doing so, the inside of the rupture will be exposed to its action.

The oil before mentioned is prepared in the following way: Take the yolk of twelve eggs in the raw state, put them into a pan and bake them gradually, stirring them till they show an oily substance, then add ve grains of white vitriol, mix it well with the mass, remove and place in a strong bag, expose the bag and mass to a great pressure (similar to that of making castor oil) ooiformed in the shape of a truss pad, substanlect the oil that Will drop from the bag, and tiaily as herein set forth, and employed and 10 it is the oil in question. operating in the manner described.

Having thus fully described my improved 5 mode of treating ruptures, what I claim OVANDO HURLBUT' therein as my invention and desire to secure Witnesses: by Letters Patent is- J. J. GRUNOUGH, Constructing an oppilative Composition A. P. BROWNE. 

